1874 PRESCOTT\'S HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU William H Prescott Book Vol 1 2
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PRESCOTT\'SHISTORYOF THECONQUEST OF PERU
2 Volume Set Universal Edition
Edited by John Foster Kirk
1874Antique Copy
Published By : J. B. Lippincott CompanyPhiladelphia
Book Lot Volume I and II
Condition : For Both Books: These books have fading, rubbing, scuffing, stains/dirtiness, age toning, fraying, topand bottom of spine is soft -Vol 1 has small tears at top of spine, Vol 1 has name of previous owneron front free end page
Please look at all of the Pictures as sometimes it is possible we may have missed style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">William Hickling Prescott(May 4, 1796– January 28, 1859) was an American historian andHispanist, who is widely recognized byhistoriographersto have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for hiseidetic memory.
After an extensive period of study, during which he sporadically contributed to academic journals, Prescott specialized in late Renaissance Spain and the earlySpanish Empire. His works on the subject,The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic(1837),The History of the Conquest of Mexico(1843),A History of the Conquest of Peru(1847) and the unfinishedHistory of the Reign of Phillip II(1856–1858) have become classic works in the field, and have had a great impact on the study of both Spain andMesoamerica. During his lifetime, he was upheld as one of the greatest living American intellectuals, and knew personally many of the leading political figures of the day, in both the United States and Britain. Prescott has become one of the most widely translated American historians, and was an important figure in the development of history as a rigorous academic discipline.Historians admire Prescott for his exhaustive, careful, and systematic use of archives, his accurate recreation of sequences of events, his balanced judgments and his lively writing style. He was primarily focused on political and military affairs, largely ignoring economic, social, intellectual, and cultural forces that in recent decades historians have focused on. Instead, he wrote narrative history, subsuming unstated causal forces in his driving storyline.
TheConquest of Peru
In 1844, Prescott was painted byJoseph Alexander Ames, and also commissioned a bust fromRichard Saltonstall Greenough.He was not active in researching for theConquest of Peruuntil spring 1844, although he had already decided to write a work concerningIncacivilization while researching pre-Columbian Mexico, and listened toInca Garcilaso de la Vega\'sComentarios Reales de los Incas.He further studiedPedro Cieza de León\'sCrónicas del Perú, the works ofPedro Sarmiento de GamboaandDiego Fernández\'sPrimera y segunda parte de la Historia del Piru.Prescott\'s progress was stalled by the unexpected death of his brother Edward at sea. His daughter Elizabeth was seriously ill, so Prescott and his family traveled toNiagara, which he considered a more healthy Environment for her.After her recovery, they returned to Nahant in the summer, where Prescott started drafting theConquest, and, as was his custom, spent the autumn in Peperell.Prescott\'s father died at the age of 82 on December8, which deeply upset him.He took a two-month break from writing to support his widowed mother and settle matters concerning his father\'s estate.His father left numerous stocks, shares and property that amounted to $343,736.86, almost all of which was shared between Prescott and his sister.Prescott was elected to theInstitut de Francein February 1845, in recognition of his accomplishments as a historian.He took the place ofMartín Fernández de Navarrete, who had died the previous year, after a vote was cast. He was also admitted to thePrussian Academy of SciencesinBerlin.In the summer of 1845, a collection of articles Prescott had published in theNorth American Reviewwere published asBiographical and Critical Miscellaniesby Bentley inoctavo, and an edition was also prepared simultaneously by Harper & Brothers in New York.Prescott was writing 12pages of the work per day in the summer of 1845, and completed the first two chapters of theConquest..He used the inheritance from his father to buya houseonBeacon Streetin Boston.The building is now aNational Historic Landmark, and is also known as the William Hickling Prescott House.Prescott moved into the house during December 1845, and set himself a year to finish theConquest of Peru. In March, his eyesight, which had recovered significantly, suddenly deteriorated. Prescott was also suffering from acutedyspepsiaandrheumatism, and he travelled to Nahant to \"benefit from the sea-air\".This did not prevent him travelling to Washington, where he dined at the White House with PresidentJames K. Polk. He was also entertained byJohn Y. Mason, the formerUnited States Secretary of the Navy, who informed him that a copy of Prescott\'sConquest of Mexicohad been placed in the library of every fighting ship.TheConquest of Peruwas completed in March 1847. As with previous works, it was published by Harper & Brothers in the United States and Bentley in Britain. The original US print run was 7,500copies, and the books were sold for $1 each.It was translated into Spanish, French, German and Dutch, and sold excellently. As with his previous works, it was also well-received critically.
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1874 PRESCOTT\'S HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU William H Prescott Book Vol 1 2:
$29.90